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Mark Cox def. Ray Ruffels

6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 19, 1972*
Tournament	Cleveland Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Mark Cox
Score	6-3 4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Ray Ruffels

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Cox	Ray Ruffels
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Jul 5, 1943	Mar 23, 1946
Age	29	26
Height	185	—
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,838
Career W-L	408–274	246–207

Pre-match H2H

Mark Cox 4 – 2 Ray Ruffels

Path

Mark Cox's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	SF	Cliff Drysdale	3-6 6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 7-6	W	—	Match data
Aug 17, 1972	R16	Tom Okker	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1972	R32	Frank Froehling	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Cox's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ray Ruffels's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	SF	Roger Taylor	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 1972	QF	Nikola Pilic	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 1972	R16	Tony Richey	4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 1972	R32	Gerald Battrick	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data